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What do you tip your bin men?

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ChocolateTVandbaby · 17/12/2023 16:32

Inspired by a podcast I'm listening to... wondering whether people tip their binmen and if so what with? My mum leaves beer out for them. Some people I know give cash. What do you give and how much?

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Whiskerson · 17/12/2023 16:58

What do I what my what?!

catwithflowers · 17/12/2023 16:58

Nothing for bin men but tip our lovely postie £20. He is fab and leaves our numerous parcels safely for us in our shed, is lovely with our dog, always cheerful and friendly.

youveturnedupwelldone · 17/12/2023 16:57

Our bin men seem to be on strike more often than they are out collecting the rubbish!

Wouldn't occur to me to tip them.

Cotswoldbee · 17/12/2023 16:57

My M&D used to tip the binmen, postie & milkman but stopped doing it in the 1980's when random staff were put onto a round.
We were tipping our postie up until when we moved a couple of years ago as it was a village and we knew the postie and he would always stop for a chat.

Lilithlogic · 17/12/2023 16:57

The only tip I'm giving is for the gobby scouser to shut the heck up when he is yelling about things nothing to do with the bins at 7am in the morning. I love the scouse accent but his is like nails on a blackboard and unbelievably load.

Giggorata · 17/12/2023 16:56

I used to tip them when we had the same team and only one bin.
Now we have 4 bins, with billions of bin men that we don't know.
When we asked them about it, they said they weren’t allowed to accept tips any longer, anyway.

We tip our postie.

Erby · 17/12/2023 16:56

I give the same amount in tips as I receive, ie squat.

DitheringBlidiot · 17/12/2023 16:55

Nothing

MujeresLibres · 17/12/2023 16:55

Either a box of biscuits or something like a tub of Heroes.

Peakypolly · 17/12/2023 16:54

I leave a tin of biscuits on the wheelie bin, used to be cans of beer but you can never be sure if everyone drinks.
£20 for the postman, he is a gent.

Dacadactyl · 17/12/2023 16:53

I don't tip them, altho I have always found them to be helpful if I run down the drive with an extra bin liner to throw on the truck.

HelpMeGetThrough · 17/12/2023 16:53

The only tip I'd give them is "do the job properly and pick up all the rubbish".

SusanSHelit · 17/12/2023 16:51

Nothing, like pp, bin men here do bare minimum and regularly miss bins, and council tax has gone up while services have been slashed.

It's small wonder the area has one of the most severe rat problems anywhere in the country, including London.

Treesinmygarden · 17/12/2023 16:51

2chocolateoranges · 17/12/2023 16:42

Nothing, they leave my bins behind my car every bloody bin day when rhere is plenty of space not to block my car in or out!

Same!! I swear it's on purpose.

They're not in the least bit obliging either.

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 17/12/2023 16:50

2chocolateoranges · 17/12/2023 16:42

Nothing, they leave my bins behind my car every bloody bin day when rhere is plenty of space not to block my car in or out!

Yup, mine too

OnTheBoardwalk · 17/12/2023 16:50

I remember my mum used to tip the bin men but that was years ago when you only had 1 bin. I've got 4 wheelie bins so ain’t tipping all them

I do tip the postie though

AmazingDayz · 17/12/2023 16:50

Nothing but ours aren't very nice

daffodilandtulip · 17/12/2023 16:49

Well ours aren't being collected over the Christmas period so I guess that solves that...

SheRasBra · 17/12/2023 16:49

Our crew arrive quite late in the day so if I'm home and see them I give them a tub of Celebrations or similar to share. I'm not giving them cash as the crews change and I don't want them determining whether it's 'enough'. The chocolates are a gesture of goodwill and they are always appreciative.

Merryoldgoat · 17/12/2023 16:45

@ChocolateTVandbaby are you on email?

LubaLuca · 17/12/2023 16:45

The bin men do less than the bare minimum here so I won't tip them. They won't even pick up rubbish they've dropped.

My mum gives them cash, she thinks enough for them to buy a pint each with but it hasn't been for a long time.

ActDottie · 17/12/2023 16:45

Nothin, never occurred to me to tip

Terfosaurus · 17/12/2023 16:45

I don't.

Perhapsanorhertimewouldbebetter · 17/12/2023 16:44

Nothing. We take all our rubbish to the tip/recycling centre. The only time we used the roadside service was during Covid, because we weren't allowed to go in to the tip/recycling centre

Grimmz · 17/12/2023 16:44

We give a large tip to ours (£100) and so do our neighbours (we're the only 2 properties down a remote rural track). In exchange, the bin men do all sorts of favours for us throughout the year including emptying extra bins for us and taking away large/awkward rubbish. They've even run up the drive a few times to drag my bin out for me when I forgot! They're very helpful.

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